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Latest newsutf-8European Commissioncnect-newsroom@ec.europa.eu (CNECT Newsroom Editorial Team)cnect-newsroom@ec.europa.eu (CNECT Newsroom Web Team)30Europeana's huge cultural dataset opens for re-usehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8510
Opportunities for apps developers, designers and other digital innovators will be boosted as the digital portal Europeana opens up its dataset of over 20 million cultural objects for free re-use. The massive dataset is the descriptive information about Europe's digitised treasures. For the first time, the metadata is released under the Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication, meaning that anyone can use the data for any purpose - creative, educational, commercial - with no restrictions. This release, which is by far the largest one-time dedication of cultural data to the public domain using CC0 offers a new boost to the digital economy, providing electronic entrepreneurs with opportunities to create innovative apps and games for tablets and smartphones and to create new web services and portals.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:22:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8510Council for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (10-11 May)- Background memohttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8065
Vice-President Kroes will welcome draft conclusions on a European Commission Recommendation which aims at making European cultural heritage more widely available and boosting growth in Europe's creative industries. The Commission presented this proposal last October, in which EU Member States are asked to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve the private sector in digitising cultural material. The digitised material should be made available through Europeana, Europe's digital library, archive and museum. The goal is for 30 million objects to be placed in Europeana by 2015; at getting more in-copyright and out-of-commerce material online; and at adapting national legislation and strategies to ensure the long-term preservation of digital materials.Mon, 07 May 2012 10:23:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8065Connecting Europe Facility – broadband and digital infrastructure serviceshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/7431
Press briefing. Warsaw, Poland, 19th October 2011Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:08:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/7431Hack4Europe! - Europeana hackathon roadshowhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6951
A "hackathon" is an event where programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming. Europeana will host hackathons in 4 European cities, stimulating the use of its cultural heritage metadata. Europeana holds metadata on over 16 million cultural heritage objects.
Each hackathon will last one or two days and will bring together up to 30 developers. Hackers will be encouraged to try out their ideas for creative reuse of the Europeana content based on the Europeana Application Programming Interface (API) and Linked Open Data and build
applications supporting innovation, economic growth and social inclusion in Europe. Best prototypes will be awarded prizes by Europeana during the hackathon days and presented by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes at the Digital Agenda Assembly on 16 -17 June in Brussels.Sat, 07 May 2011 12:48:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6951Addressing the orphan works challengehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6800
IFRRO (The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations) launch of ARROW+ (Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works towards Europeana), Brussels, 10 March 2011Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:06:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6800eChallenges e-2011 Conference and Exhibition
Call for Papers Deadline - 28 Februaryhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6695
The eChallenges e-2011 Conference & Exhibition will take place in Florence, Italy on 26 - 28 October 2011. This conference is the twenty-first in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt, good practice and innovation.
An invitation for extended abstracts (1,200 - 1,500 words) for technical papers, visionary papers, business and government case studies has been published. Proposals to arrange 90 minute workshop sessions are also welcome. Related themes and suggestions for papers and sessions are outlined in the Call for Papers http://www.echallenges.org/e2011/default.asp?page=c4p.
eChallenges e-2011 will focus on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges. The programme will combine strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities. The programme will showcase results from projects funded at national and regional level as well as those funded by European Commission Research Programmes.
Extended abstracts and workshop proposals must be submitted online by 28 February (http://www.echallenges.org/e2011/default.asp?page=submission).Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:28:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/6695